NOTE: Bluffton congregations may send Easter services details to: [email protected]
Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera, announces its Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services.
The Maundy Thursday service on April 13 begins at 7 p.m. Pastor Al Schmitzer will lead a review of Scripture’s teaching on Holy Communion from Luther’s Small Catechism.
Good Friday’s service on April 14, begins at 7 p.m. Pastor Matt Nowak will lead the service based on Jesus Seven Words from the Cross.
NOTE: Bluffton congregations may send Easter services details to: [email protected]
Easter celebrations at St. John’s United Church of Christ begin with a 9 a.m. breakfast, which is prepared and served by the men of the congregation. There is no adult Sunday school on Easter morning.
At 10:30 a.m. the celebratory Easter worship service takes place and will include the singing of Easter hymns by the congregation and choir.
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association ecumenical Cross Walk ending in the community observance of Good Friday takes place on April 14.
The Cross Walk begins this year at 11:30 a.m. at English Lutheran Church, and proceeds to St. John’s United Church of Christ, Bluffton Presbyterian Church, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, First United Methodist Church, and ends at First Mennonite Church.
The service of worship following the walk begins at noon at First Mennonite.
The Pandora United Methodist Church Choir will present an Easter cantata, “Behold the Lamb!” on Sunday, April 9 at 9:30 a.m. during the worship service.
The church service and refreshments in the fellowship hall afterwards are open to the public. The choir is directed by Pat Basinger. The church is located on State Route 12,108 E. Washington St., Pandora. The Rev. Duane Kemerley is the pastor.
The Pandora area churches inviter singers to participate in a community choir for the Pandora Community Good Friday Services on April 14 hosted at the Pandora United Methodist Church.
The community choir will rehearse at the Pandora United Methodist Church on:
• Thursday, March 30, 7 p.m.
• Thursday, April 6, 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 12, 7 p.m.
Pandora United Methodist Church will hold a free community meal on Wednesday, March 29, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington St., Pandora. The meal this month is provided by Sprunger Insurance Co., and will include spaghetti, bread sticks, salad, cake and beverage.
